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Re: we need a release announcement -- soon [source material]



On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Joey Hess wrote:

> * As with the upgrade from release 2.0 to 2.1, most changes from 2.1 to
>   2.2 are incremental. A lot of new packages and new versions of old
>   packages are included, along with a bounty of new features and bug fixes.
>   The same dpkg+apt packaging system is still used for performing the 
                                          =====
                                          as if we're planning
                                          a switch to... rpm?

Maybe better: "The dpkg+apt packaging system, which has proven its value since
long, is used for performing..."

>   upgrades, and we have made every effort to make the transition as painless
>   and as flawless as possible. 

Another thing to brag about: you can[1] upgrade from _any_ previous Debian
release directly to 2.2, "which hasn't been seen on any OS before".

Well, up to (or better down to) 1.3.1->2.2 has been tested successfully, and I
don't think anyone is still running <1.3.1 ;-)  (But if the kernel has ELF
support, it should still work.) 


Regards,
  Anne Bezemer

[1] Ok, not supported. But we don't have _any_ support contracts, do we?



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